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hir: resolve callback optional-opaque returns in the enclosing module - #1271
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A callback or trait method whose return type is `Option<&T>` or `Option<Box<T>>` aborted lowering with "Diplomat error: Could not resolve symbol", so no backend could generate bindings for it. `LoweringContext::lower_callback_return_type` in core/src/hir/lowering.rs looks the returned type up so it can reject the `DiplomatOption` spelling for opaques. It called `t.resolve(&t.path, self.env)`, passing the type's own path as the module to resolve from. `PathType::resolve_with_path` treats that argument as the enclosing module and starts its walk there, so for `Option<&Foo>` it searched for `Foo` inside a module named `Foo`, found nothing, and hit the unconditional `create_report` in `PathType::resolve_with_path`, which panics. Every other call site in the file passes `in_path`, the path of the module the method is declared in. Pass `in_path` here too. The check now resolves the type it was written to check, so `Option<&T>` and `Option<&Self>` lower normally, and the `DiplomatOption<&T>` diagnostic the branch exists to emit becomes reachable for the first time. Adds two tests to core/src/hir/type_context.rs. Both panic without the change. `test_callback_optional_opaque_return` covers a closure returning `Option<&Foo>`, a closure returning `Option<&Self>`, and a trait method returning `Option<&Foo>`. `test_callback_diplomat_option_opaque_return_fails` snapshots the `DiplomatOption<&T>` error.
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A callback or trait method that returns
Option<&T>orOption<Box<T>>aborts the tool withDiplomat error: Could not resolve symbolbefore any backend runs. This reproduces onmain:The cause is one argument, at core/src/hir/lowering.rs:2246.
lower_callback_return_typeresolves the returned type so it can reject theDiplomatOptionspelling for opaques, and it calledt.resolve(&t.path, self.env).PathType::resolve_with_pathtreats that argument as the module to resolve from, and walksself.pathstarting there, so forOption<&Foo>it went looking forFooinside a module namedFoo, found nothing, and landed in theNonearm'screate_simple_report, which panics. Every otherresolvecall in the file passesin_path, the module the method is declared in.Passing
in_pathis the whole fix. The rest of the diff is tests.Two things fall out of it.
Option<&T>andOption<&Self>now lower the same way they do in every other position, and theDiplomatOption<&T>error this branch was written to emit becomes reachable for the first time, so I snapshotted it.Both tests are in core/src/hir/type_context.rs and both panic without the change.
test_callback_optional_opaque_returncovers a closure returningOption<&Foo>, a closure returningOption<&Self>, and a trait method returningOption<&Foo>, and asserts lowering reports nothing.test_callback_diplomat_option_opaque_return_failssnapshots theDiplomatOption<&Foo>rejection. That snapshot is the only new one; no existing snapshot changed.Verified on macOS with rustc 1.95:
I also ran every generator into a scratch directory (
cargo run -p diplomat-tool -- <backend> <out>for c, cpp, js, demo_gen, dart, dotnet, kotlin and nanobind, over both feature_tests and example) and diffed against the checked-in bindings. Byte identical, so thegenjob stays clean. The change is confined to a path that previously always panicked, so no existing fixture could have been reaching it.Not run here: the Dart, Kotlin, .NET and nanobind suites, and
cargo +1.88 check, for want of those toolchains on this machine. The diff adds no syntax newer than the declared MSRV.Happy to file an issue for this if you want one on record. It looked small enough to just send the fix.